- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Myself Quotes
Quotes on knowing yourself.
These quotes turn inward, questioning long-held traditions and how one sees oneself - one recalls identifying strongly as a mathematician rather than a technologist, while another admits, with some humor, to relying on charm rather than looks. Related reading includes I Am Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never planned my career. I chose those films with which I could relate myself. But if given a chance, I would love to do the kind of roles Meryl Streep has done.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Mom' is an emotional family drama that's also thrilling. It's the story about a mother and a daughter, their emotions, and how their lives change. Being a mother myself helped me understand those emotions better.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am quite no-nonsense myself.
- Entwined
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative process. Essentially, it allows you to make music that's better and smarter than you are, by using your ears to lead the way.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was implanted in me that I came from a different class - an elevated class. I was cushioned by servants. I don't remember doing anything for myself. I only played and went to school.
- Clocks
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't stand being late. I try to be professional. I try not to let people down. But people let me down. That's why I don't rely on anyone to call me. That's why I have clocks as well as people. I have to be able to call myself; it's the only way to be sure.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lucky I was raised by parents who gave me a lot of sense of self and a lot of confidence in myself.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have a good time with Lancashire in 2000. Probably I'd played too much cricket and should have taken a rest, but I went there when the offer came because I had always had an ambition to play the county game in England. And I was a bit jaded. And I didn't do myself justice. I want to put that right before I finish my career.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that she was waiting for me on the other side of the grave.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was taking myself very seriously when I was going through life changes. And I realized that I needed to laugh at myself, particularly at my mistakes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my mid-twenties, I said to myself: 'I can't perform anymore!' I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't perform for a while, then ended up doing a one-woman show about Gilda Radner having cancer. It was called 'Gilda Defying Gravity,' and I did it on the Lower East Side. It was great; people really came out and supported me.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I choose to live without hope to protect myself from disappointment. It's very effective!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020